Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-15

Little Phfi Greatly Amused By the
PhIIIIpIe Of The southern General.

PhIIIIpIe OF the Southern General.
WAsHISGTOS, May 6.-Geueral Sheri-
dan vas much amused upon reading
the letter of General Thomas L. R9sser,
in which the latter speaEs OF proposed
trip to the Shenandoah Valley By Gen
sFsl Sheridan, and denounces him for
the wild, vant0n waste and desSl alton
which his baFbarous torch spread
through the valley" during the var.
After reading General RJss5r's philippe
General Sheridan said to Tribune e0r-
respondent:
"ROsssr has not forgotten the vhaIiug
| gave him in the valley and / am not
surprised that be loses his temper when
be recalls il. You see, when vas NOV
ing down the valley bad sn important
Objecs in view and did not care to be
annoyed. Rosser vas sent after me
with q brigade, bat did net consider il
worth while to give him much attention.
General TorbeFt's division Of cavalry
formed the rear Of my eolnmn and wss
confident he cOaid take care Of ROsser.
Occasionally R0sser veuld come across
small detachments of our troops and
would sweep down upOR them. Finally
it was reported to me that ROsser had
G1HtNECA VhCA AAnAA 1AAA ELA1 lIdAH
me mad. Hating the entire army right
on the road, gslloped to the rear to
and 1orbert, determined to settle Ros-
ser. ! found that tie train had not
bsen captured, although it had encoun
tered Rosssr and vas coming in con
siderably scattered and broken M. ]
coald not find Torbert snd this added
to my rage. When found him, be was
ks..,-aER -
house. called him out and informed
him that wanted R0sser elesned out,
and that IL be could not do this would
take kis division and do il myself. /
concluded / would remain and see the
work performed, snd 50 informed Tor
bert. The following morning early Tor
bert went after RosseF. whose brigade
was struck with an impstuosity that
caused il to scatter. We stripped the
enemy Of everything it had oaptared;
all its guns, except one, which sabse-
quentIy fell into our hands, ana all its
baggage, including the personal effects
of Rosser. II was a regular frolio for
our boys. Custer got Rosser's uniform
and occasionally wore it for the amose-
ment Of his command. ToTbert pursued
Rosser to Newmarket, q distance OF
about twenty five miles. he did not
trouble me further
"This incident was doubly humiliatinR
to Rosser, because be vas hailed as the
saviour OF tbs Valley" his men wear
ing snail laurel twies in their bats as
an Indication Of their purpose to clean
as out. Some time after this, VIXEN
Ros4er again appeared 10 that vicisity,
| understand the people advised him to
substitute pumpkin vines for / urel,
that plant being known for running
qualities. For these reasons, / suppose,
General Rasssr continues to feel ua-
kindly toward me. he says that have
not stoned for my acts during the var.
That 10 true. Il never occurred to me
bat / was eslled upon to do so. want
to add that / do not propose to make q
trip 30 the Shenandoah Valley the CON-
ing summer. aud had not thought Of so
doing. l visited the valley last sum
mer in company With Senator Cameron
of Pennsylvania, and vas Hospitality
received BY the Peopls, none Of whom
exhibited any Of the bitterness OF feel
ing that Is expressed in General Ros-
seF's letter. understand Ro3ser Is nov
living in the valley, and a. he intends
TO become a candidate fer CJBgrt 81 bis
letter was doubtless written fer effect
upon his coming political campaign"